Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-12
BEECHER:
Services in Memory of the
Preacher.
THE1arH REGIMENT ON GUARD
"A Brave and Weary Heart il
Here at Rest" Said
DR.. Hall.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HEsALD
New York, March ll--All Brooklyn
was in mourning to-day over the death of
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Publie
offices were closed, business was entirely
suspended and memorial services were
held in large number Of churches il
the vicinity of Plymouth Church. Mem
bers Of Plymouth Company @, Thir.
tenth Regiment, OF which Beecher was
Chaplain, were stationed At the doors OF
the church, and none were allowed to
enter without ticket, while . vsot
crowd of people gathered outeide the
church. The lady members of The Con-
gregation were working within. Tia
whole interior was turned into perfect
flower garden. The fragrant perfume u
roses pervaded the air. The facade q
the gallery was covered with flowers and
floral emblems sent by friends who are
members OF different organizations. The
casket was placed on catataldue Of
white roses, with white carnations end
smilax directly in front OF the reading
desk. Not vestige of the black cover.
ing of the casket could be seen. There
was nothing to indicate the presence Of
death except the stiffness which per-
vaded the room and the hushed conver-
sation of the workers. It was nearly 10
o'clock before the doors were thrown
open to those who had been waiting
without for nearly three hours. The
first four seats on the right of the center
aisle were reserved for the relatives of
the deceased. Mr.. Beecher's family
were not present and the family peW
was filed with flowers. Mrs Bescher
was in the church for few minutes b.
fore the door opened and left with her
sons before the crowd entered.
Behind the pews reserved for the FAM
lily were seated the officers of the Thir-
teenth Regiment and then came the
members of the Legislative Committse,
who wore badges of white silk. Behind
these were delegates from nearly every
social, political or religious organization
in New York or Brooklyn, and in the
third row there was delegation Of the
Colored Ministers Association. Prompk
at 1880 o'clock DR.. Chase Fl. Hall,
robed in his white surplice. and accom-
panied by Rev. o. B. Halliday, entered
the church and ascended the platform.
When the music had flushed Dr.. Hall
commenced to read in low but clear
tone the opening sentences of the Prot
estant Episcopal burial services.
Other churches in which services wsf0
held were all crowGed to the utmost
extent of their capacity. The surround
ing streets in every direction were
crowded with people waiting patiently
for their turn to gaze upon the face of
the dead preacher. 1t is estimated that
there were fully 25,00O people who
the services in the various
churches, and that fully twice that num-
ber were gathered in the street in front
of Plymouth Cturch. In ..his sermon,
DR.. Hall, among other things, said: "a
brave and weary heart is here At rest;
brave of old to dare the brutal force and
defy the violence of mobs and ruffiaps in
speaking for the slave; brave to accept
the murmurs and the doubts of his
political friends when his conscience
him to part from them; bravest
to wrestle along with great sorrow
when he could find no earthly help.
We honor him for the courage of his
former acts; we love him and wonder ct
him for the calm, sweet, gentle resigna-
tion of the past years."
H. w. Sage, of Ithaca, was at Beech.
er's funeral to-day. When seen by :
reporter he said that bis father had left
money to erect monument to the mem
ory of the great divine. He further said
that be had not denied that such was
the fact